How Consequences of Countries’ Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects the Global Trend of Ideologies

Ideology Affected by the COVID-19 Governance?: A Comparative Study of China’s and the States’ Pandemic Management

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10.2991/assehr.k.211020.263How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ideological hegemony, Western countries, China, COVID-19 management

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countries to take varying measures to contain the virus. Some countries have taken the lead in the fight against the virus, while others have loosened up or taken steps not in the majority’s interests. China, for instance, has embraced a management formula that conflicted with that of western countries such as the United States. The United States has criticized China for using ideological hegemony against them. Through a critical examination of most Western countries, it is clear that they share a liberal ideology. China, on the other hand, opposes this ideology. Such differences make the western countries and China conflict on subjects such as democracy, human rights, and ideology. This essay discovers that China’s effective control of the pandemic has threatened the ideological hegemony of the capitalist camp led by the United States. In the literature review part, we discuss how the capitalist camp and China consider the function of the authority and the different consequences they would lead to. We then compare the timelines of COVID-19 in China and the States and find the States slow in decision making and policy implementing, while China is successful in containing the virus in a shorter time. This study does not aim to prove the superiority of any ideology. At the same time, the effective containment of the epidemic in South Korea also shows that there is not a strong causal relationship between ideology and governance ability during public events, such as a pandemic.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Leqi Chen
AU  - Chunyu Han
AU  - Yuxuan Zhao
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/21
TI  - How Consequences of Countries’ Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects the Global Trend of Ideologies
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 817
EP  - 822
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211020.263
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